Psychomotor speed as a predictor of functional status in older chronic heart failure (CHF) patients attending cardiac rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The association among psychological, neuropsychological dysfunctions and functional/clinical variables in Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) has been extensively addressed in literature. However, only a few studies investigated those associations in the older population. PURPOSE:To evaluate the psychological/neuropsychological profile of older CHF patients, to explore the interrelation with clinical/functional variables and to identify potential independent predictors of patients' functional status. METHODS:This study was conducted with a multi-center observational design. The following assessments were performed: anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS), depression (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS), cognitive impairment (Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised, ACE-R)

SUBMITTER: Pierobon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7332048 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature